Table 3 Understanding of antibiotics among respondent’s gender, age, living in Makkah and single parent status
| Statement |
Very much N (%) |
Plenty N (%) |
Not much N (%) |
A little N (%) |
Not at all N (%) |
Gender OR (95% CI) |
Age OR (95% CI) |
Live in Makkah OR (95% CI) |
Single Parent OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much do you think that you are informed about judicious antibiotic use? |
27 (4.7) |
107 (18.8) |
280 (49.1) |
94 (16.5) |
36 (6.3) |
− 0.013 (− 0.0405–0.299) |
− 0.98* (− 0.315- -0.23) |
− 0.035 (− 0.447–0.182) |
0.086* (0.016–0.793) |
| How many antibiotics do you think your child receives compared to other children? |
11 (1.9) |
67 (11.8) |
210 (36.8) |
186 (32.6) |
61 (10.7) |
0.05 (− 0.154–0.603) |
− 0.053 (− 0.258–0.058) |
− 0.025 (− 0.441–0.236) |
0.113* (0.115–0.991) |
| How much do you pay attention to the possible side-effects of antibiotics? |
110 (19.3) |
164 (28.8) |
129 (22.6) |
88 (15.4) |
51 (8.9) |
0.034 (− 0.256–0.605) |
− 0.029 (− 0.243–0.118) |
− 0.016 (− 0.464–0.315) |
0.098* (0.090–1.052) |
| Do you agree that you will be dissatisfied if your pediatrician does not prescribe an antibiotic for your child’s Upper Respiratory Tract Infection? |
52 (9.1) |
98 (17.2) |
183 (32.1) |
139 (24.4) |
68 (11.9) |
0.011 (− 0.365–0.474) |
− 0.015 (− 0.207–0.145) |
− 0.026 (− 0.500–0.259) |
0.078 (− 0.028–0.909) |